League Message Board
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Given the auctions are 24 hours, I doubt everyone will all be in at the same time
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waiting on Lions Pride and Average Joes. if you gentlemen can kindly join CM that would be appreciated.
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have 6 Managers in the Couch Managers draft room with 3 minutes to go. once everyone is in, I will open the draft and we can start nominating.
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correct. given I didnt know what time zone everyone was in, figured making the windows 24/8 without a pause overnight made sense and most fair but if we find as we get going here that people dont like that, tell me and we can revisit. this draft will going on for like 10+ days or something so feel free to communicate if somethings off or not working.
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I presume as well that since its all 24 hour windows, there won't be a pause of some sort overnight?
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once a player is won, whoever nominated that player will nominate someone else. that way, we should always have 36 players being auctioned at once.
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probably an unnecessarily long way of showing that in this format, there is no last second sniping of a player. if the top bidder of any player changes within 8 hours of the auction for that player ending, the auction clock resets.
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> John nominates Soto. Bill immediately bids $75 and becomes the top bidder him. With 10 hours left in the auction, Rodger bids $76 and becomes the top bidder. (no impact on the auction clock)
> then with 6 hours left in the auction, Bill bids $80 and becomes the new top bidder. the auction clock for Soto will then reset to 8 hours.
> with 10 seconds left in the auction, John bids $90 for Soto. the clock then resets to 8 hours.
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correct, everyone will nominate 3 players tonight at/around 8p. managers are free to bid on those players freely for as long as they are on the auction block (which will be at least 24 hours). if there is a change of the top bidder within 8 hours of the auction ending, the auction clock will be reset by 8 hours. for example:
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Good information. I have done ottoneu before, however I have not drafted on couch manager. Can you walk me through the process, or at least confirm I understand. The way I see it, we will all nominate 3 players today. Do we then have 24 hours to bid on players. Do we bid just once or can we continue to bid, auction style? Then after the 24 hours, we all nominate 3 players again until rosters are filled. Do I understand this correctly?
Lion's Pride on
March 3, 2025 7:40 PM
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no worries. much rather know I have another set of eyes on things!
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Just needed to reload my page, sorry about the scare. Sounds like this might be an adventure for me haha
Average Joes on
March 3, 2025 7:25 PM
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I am counting 12:
B of Churches
adamparalta
Triples is Best
the_absolute_boy
pitt12panther23
Screwball
Steady Diet
Wyld Stallyns
No Glove No Love
Average Joes
Metropolitans3
Lion's Pride
what am I missing?
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Looks like we are still missing one person form the couch managers auction room
Average Joes on
March 3, 2025 7:19 PM
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Looks like we are still missing one person form the couch managers auction room
Average Joes on
March 3, 2025 7:19 PM
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looking forward to kicking things off later this evening. please reach out to me with any questions or concerns. expecting to start nominations on Couch Managers at 8p est. thanks-
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1. the $400 auction budget is your Ottoneu team salary, so if you win a player for $75 in the draft that will be that player's budget in Ottoneu. my understanding is that its wise to try to end the draft with some money left over so that you have budget to add free agents to start the season
2. you do not need to draft all 40 players on your roster. per Ottoneu rules, you need to be able to field a full team (22 players) but can leave a few spots open for free agents if you like
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I know a few folks in here are Ottoneu first-timers like myself. few things I wanted to flag about tonights draft that maybe are not obvious (they weren't to me):
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great! we're on for tonight!
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Looks like we’re back up and running
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thanks for sending this. sounds like we should have some clarity by this afternoon.
if things are still down in a few hours, may make sense to come up with a contingency plan so people can plan their evenings. i am inclined to just wait a day (or two) until CM is back online rather than switch to a different platform altogether, but would be open if people were strongly opposed to that. think we'll have plenty of time to draft even if we get pushed back a day or two.
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https://community.ottoneu.com/t/couch-managers-down-3-2-2025/15240 There is a thread currently about the issue, should hopefully have some answers this afternoon.
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thanks for the heads-up. yes, the plan is still to draft tomorrow although we'll obviously have to monitor CM to make sure the site is up.
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Are we still planning on starting tomorrow? Just a heads up that the couch managers site is down
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Slow draft, couch manager. https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=1082
TheChosenOnes on
February 24, 2025 11:01 AM
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I just joined the league. Confirming, this is a slow draft right? I can't take on another live draft.
Steady Diet on
February 24, 2025 8:00 AM
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All- Unfortunately we are losing 1 manager so have an open spot. I have posted on the Managers Wanted forum but if anyone has a friend looking that would be interested let me know.
Plan is to keep the draft at its current date and time and hopefully find a replacement in the next week. Thanks-
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I think u can change your team name down towards the bottom of your team page in the settings. Took me a sec to find it as well.
Average Joes on
February 22, 2025 8:48 PM
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I did not realize my login would be my screenname, but i am in the draft room
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@Metro - thank you. appreciate it!
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I'm here, have been reading messages via email. I'm cool with the March 3rd date/time, whatever is easiest for everyone. I've been procrastinating signing up for couch managers, but I can do that when I get home from work today.
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@Lion's Pride - thank you. not trying to be a nag, just want to make sure this initial draft goes smoothly.
I can export the Couch Mangers results into the Ottoneu platform, so should be relatively easy. Will need to do a manual check afterwards but hopefully a seamless process.
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I see the message and I will sign up on couch managers today. Does couch manager transfer the rosters to ottoneu or do we need to do that manually.
Lion's Pride on
February 22, 2025 11:13 AM
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Thank you to those that joined Couch Managers. Of the 4 Managers we are still waiting to join, 3 of those folks did not respond to the draft settings/date so just wanted to check-in.
Can the following Managers please let me know you are seeing these messages:
- No Glove No Love
- Metropolitan Mudslingers
- Lion’s Pride
Know people have real life going-on so all good if you’re getting to it, just want to avoid having to scramble to fill spots i
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Lastly, can people please sign-up for Couch Managers and join the draft here:
https://www.couchmanagers.com/auctions/?auction_id=1082
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Note that the Ottoneu League Settings note a Draft Date of March 24. Please disregard that date as we will be drafting on a different platform (Couch Managers) and the March 24 date is a placeholder that allows me flexibility with the settings, if needed.
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Thanks for the feedback all. I have heard from most managers so going to go ahead and pencil in March 3 @ 8p EST as the beginning of the draft. If that date does not work for any of the managers that have not yet responded or people want a different start time (remember that all you need to do is nominate 3 players to start and then you have at least 24 hours to bid) please let me know ASAP.
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I’m good to start whenever. My first Ottoneu league in over 5 years so looking forward to it!
Ham ‘N Eggers on
February 19, 2025 10:22 AM
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Same—good with starting whenever! Excited to kick things off.
Wyld Stallyns on
February 18, 2025 12:54 PM
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I'm good with starting whenever.
Hiphopopotamus on
February 18, 2025 12:46 PM
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No objections, lets try this out. Before march 3rd doesnt bother me neither.
TheChosenOnes on
February 18, 2025 10:59 AM
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Everything sounds good to me too. Draft speed to start makes sense. Maybe we could do a poll to see if there's a day when things could be sped up for a period? Just an idea; I'm no expert on commishing.
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Thanks for taking the bull by the horns. Everything u suggested sounds good to me. Like March 3rd at the earliest, given what things may pop up, but that time is still fine with me. Looking forward to it!
Average Joes on
February 17, 2025 11:43 PM
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From reading around (and I doing some math I guess) I believe this inaugural may draft may take place over a matter of weeks (yes, *weeks*), therefore it probably makes sense to start sooner rather than later.
My suggestion would be to start the draft on March 3, but am seeking feedback on that timing (and on the settings noted below as well). Thanks, Nick-
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While I believe these draft settings may be a bit slow (even for a "slow draft"), I think it makes sense to start this way in the beginning and then gauge how people are liking it, the speed, etc., and then we can adjust the settings later (i.e. after half of the players are drafted, increase the amount of players that each team can nominate and/or the decrease the initial auction time to 12 hours).
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Hi All- Created a Couch Managers auction draft and landed on the following setup after reading around a bit:
- Managers will be able to nominate 3 players at once (max of 36 players will be up for auction simultaneously)
- Players will be initially be put on the auction block for 24 hours
- Once there is a new max bidder, the auction time resets to 8 hours
- $400 auction budgets (in-line w/ Ottoneu rules)
- 40 man roster (in-line w/ Ottoneu rules)
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also, here are the general Ottoneu rules if people are interested: https://ottoneu.fangraphs.com/rules#scoring
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All- Want to officially welcome you to the inaugural season of Defensive Indifference fantasy baseball. I am your commissioner, Nick. It is nice to meet you all, I am looking forward to a great season of baseball.
I will be sending a note later today with detail on the inaugural draft, which as previously noted will be a slow auction. This will be my first year doing Ottoneu so for those veterans in the crew, please bear with me (and feel free to share any knowhow).
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